Hired Thought

Author: Ben Mosior

Donald A Schön at Iowa State University (Talk Transcript)

When intuitive, spontaneous performance yields nothing more than the results expected for it, then we tend not to think about it. But when intuitive performance leads to surprises, pleasing and promising or unwanted, we may respond by reflecting-in-action. Donald A Schön, The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action To read the transcript alongside the…

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